So I bought an HTC Hero from Sprint a couple weeks ago, and have been loving it. It's my first smartphone and I love the social networking integration HTC has done. Push gmail, FB and Twitter, contact integration, browser, all very nice to me. But there are something things that could be better, like the camera, and the performance is very slow at times. But overall it is functional and I love it and use it a lot.
Now the droid is coming out, and I'm interested in a few things:
1) Better reception - Sprint's coverage in my neighborhood blows. Everywhere else is decent, but in my house and driving the roads nearby, it sucks.
2) Flash for the camera - I'd like to take pictures at night, you know, those fun nights out in town.
3) Better video - not that I use it a lot, but I do use it and the droid seems much better
4) Better performance - faster proc
5) Android 2.0 - not a huge deal but it seems there are some nice new things with 2.0.
6) KB - I type fast and the virtual KB seems slow when auto complete is on, and I mess up a lot it seems, which is frustrating. I'd hope a real KB would be much better.
However, it seems there are some downsides too.
1) UI - (this is the big one) HTC has done a great job with the Sense UI, and their own applications are very polished. Android 2.0 seems like it still doesn't compare to Sense. Maybe it will going forward, but it isn't there.
2) Physical design - the Hero is a very sexy phone IMO. I love how it looks and feels. The droid seems blocky and not so sexy. Not a huge deal, but I hope I like it more than what I'm seeing it look like. This is not a huge deal to me, but is still a factor to some degree.
3) Prices - Sprint's everything plan for $70/mo would be about $100/mo on Verizon. Granted the reception is better so I suppose it's worth it, but I'd like to see Verizon and AT&T be a little more competitive with Sprint and Tmobile on their rate places.
Thoughts?
Now the droid is coming out, and I'm interested in a few things:
1) Better reception - Sprint's coverage in my neighborhood blows. Everywhere else is decent, but in my house and driving the roads nearby, it sucks.
2) Flash for the camera - I'd like to take pictures at night, you know, those fun nights out in town.
3) Better video - not that I use it a lot, but I do use it and the droid seems much better
4) Better performance - faster proc
5) Android 2.0 - not a huge deal but it seems there are some nice new things with 2.0.
6) KB - I type fast and the virtual KB seems slow when auto complete is on, and I mess up a lot it seems, which is frustrating. I'd hope a real KB would be much better.
However, it seems there are some downsides too.
1) UI - (this is the big one) HTC has done a great job with the Sense UI, and their own applications are very polished. Android 2.0 seems like it still doesn't compare to Sense. Maybe it will going forward, but it isn't there.
2) Physical design - the Hero is a very sexy phone IMO. I love how it looks and feels. The droid seems blocky and not so sexy. Not a huge deal, but I hope I like it more than what I'm seeing it look like. This is not a huge deal to me, but is still a factor to some degree.
3) Prices - Sprint's everything plan for $70/mo would be about $100/mo on Verizon. Granted the reception is better so I suppose it's worth it, but I'd like to see Verizon and AT&T be a little more competitive with Sprint and Tmobile on their rate places.
Thoughts?